| Wilmon Henry Sheldon | |
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| Born | (1875-04-04)April 4, 1875 Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, US |
| Died | February 26, 1980(1980-02-26) (aged 104) Pittsford, Vermont, US |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| School | Process philosophy |
Wilmon Henry Sheldon (1875–1980) was a twentieth-century American philosopher.
Life and career
Wilmon Henry Sheldon was born in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts on April 4, 1875.
He was educated at Harvard University and taught at Yale.
He died in Pittsford, Vermont on February 26, 1980, and was interred at the Central Burying Grounds in Hamden, Connecticut.
Major works
- Strife of Systems and Productive Duality: An Essay in Philosophy. Harvard University Press. 1918.
- America's Progressive Philosophy. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 1942.
- Process and Polarity (Woodbridge Lectures, Columbia University). 1944.
- God and Polarity: A Synthesis of Philosophies. 1954.
References
- Harvard College Class of 1895 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Report. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1920. pp. 438–439. Retrieved October 2, 2024 – via Google Books.
- Nicholas Rescher, Process Metaphysics: An Introduction to Process Philosophy, SUNY Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-7914-2817-7, pp. 23-24.
- "Man, 104, Dies". Rutland Daily Herald. Pittsford, Vermont. February 27, 1980. p. 4. Retrieved October 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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